RV Investigator Voyage IN2016_T02 EK60 Echosounder

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This record describes scientific split-beam echosounder data collected on the RV Investigator voyage IN2016_T02, transit from Hobart to Sydney which departed Hobart on the 25 August 2016 and arrived in Sydney on the 29 August 2016. The Simrad EK60 split beam echosounders 18, 38, 70 120, 200 and 333 kHz were used to acquire acoustic backscatter data to a maximum range of 1500 m, between Hobart and Sydney. All frequencies were logged continuously for the extent of the transit. Data are stored in .raw, .bot and *.idx format at CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere. There are 432 lines totaling 10.1 GB of raw data in this dataset. No processing has been conducted on this data. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the GSM data acquisition and processing report. Additional data products may be available on request.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title RV Investigator Voyage IN2016_T02 EK60 Echosounder
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/4d2364e2-1130-47c9-969c-a4646c609674
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 27/10/2016
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "RV Investigator Voyage IN2016_T02 EK60 Echosounder". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/rv-investigator-voyage-in2016_t02-ek60-echosounder